Calendar 2015

International Road Racing Championship

On this website you find all the information about the International Road Racing Championship (IRRC). This championship is held over 6 events in 4 different countries. The races are resumed at the FIM or FIM Europe calendar. The races are admitted by their national federation and meet the requirements of this federation. The organisation is owned by Hamove Hengelo Gld (NL), Frohburger Dreieck (D) and K.V. Ostend Motor Sport vzw (B). See the rest of the website for more information.

Championship 2015: results after Chimay round 4 are now available!

The results after round 4 Chimay SBK and SSP for the 2015 championship are now available!

Beautiful fights in OssThe practice was held on Sunday morning and early afternoon. The track was warm because of the sunshine so the riders thought they could get more out of their bike than possible. The result was many crashes with only some material damage. Marek Cerveny from the Czech Republic was the fastest man on track in the IRRC Supersport. The Italian Luca Gottardi was second and the winner of last year, Joey den Besten, third. Just like in Hengelo Sebastien LeGrelle was the fastest man in the Superbikes. Multiple winner Didier Grams second and Vincent Lonbois third.

On race day the weather wasn’t as beautiful as the day before but it stayed dry all day. Because of the good weather many spectators found the way to the track. Enough ingredients for a beautiful race day. During the first IRRC Supersport race the track was still a little bit wet from the rain in the night before. That meant tire poker on the grid. Some choose the right tires, some didn’t. Cerveny arrived first in the first curve. Joey den Besten had the wrong tires and lost many places during the first few laps. Laurent Hoffmann had a highsider at the end of lap one. End of the race for him. In the last lap Gottardi took the lead but he made a mistake in the last lap. So Cerveny won the race, Gottardi second and de Caluwe third. It was a lot warmer during the second IRRC Supersport race. Cerveny was the first to arrive in curve one but lost his first position to Joey den Besten. A couple of curves later den Besten missed the curve and Cerveny and Gottardi overtook him. Gottardi closed the gap between Cerveny and himself. But overtaking is something else. Cerveny won the race, Gottardi second and den Besten third. The first IRRC Superbike race was totally dry. Grams took the lead but guest rider Koen Zeelen overtook him during the first lap. LeGrelle was third. There was a gap between the first three riders and Vincent Lonbois and Johan Fredriks. LeGrelle came to the first place, Zeelen was second and Grams third. The situation stayed the same for several laps. Lonbois found a fast race pace and raced to second place. Fredriks was the fastest man on track half way but made a mistake. LeGrelle finished first with 0,1 sec difference between him and the man on second place Lonbois, Zeelen was third. Second (0, 1 sec difference) and LeGrelle had a bad start and Lonbois a good start in race two. Zeelen overtook him in the first lap. He was first for almost 2 laps. Lonbois overtook him and stayed their till the finish line. Fredriks had a good second part of the race and overtook Grams for place four. Nobody could stop Lonbois. As a result the gap between him and the rider on second place kept on growing. After a bad start LeGrelle recovered and overtook the riders in front of him for the second place. Behind him the battle for the last podium place kept on going between Fredriks, Zeelen and Grams. Lonbois finish on the first place, LeGrelle was second. Till the last curve it was not sure who would be third. Zeelen overtook Fredriks in the last curve and was third with less than 0,1 sec before Fredriks and Grams. In a month the third IRRC event of this season will be held in Oostende, Belgium.